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Translated from UrduQuetta (Monitoring Desk): In a pact with Rehman Malik, Hyrbyair is spreading conspiracy and factionalism within th ranks of Baloch nationalism.A Marri House spokesperson issued a statement leveling serious allegations against Baloch nationalist leader Hyrbyair Marri, saying that by engaging in talks with former Union Minister for the Interior, he was implicating himself in a conspiracy against the Baloch cause and spreading factionalism in its ranks. In its statement, Marri House strongly condemned the nonsensical speech Mr. Hyrbyair Marri made two days ago in London against Nawab Changez Marri, and said that while Hyrbyair was busy trying to make himself the sole 'qibla' of the Baloch nationalist movement in vain by opening a new front against someone or the other every day, we have been forced to speak out against this latest matter after two days of thought, so that we may place a few facts about Hyrbyair before…

https://pakobserver.net/pn-geared-cpec-challenges-gwadar-port-operations-kaleem/￼Coastal Command annual efficiency parade held at PNS Qasim ManoraIslamabadPakistan Navy’s Coastal Command Annual Efficiency Competition Parade was held on Friday at PNS Qasim, Manora.
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Vice, Admiral Kaleem Shaukat was the chief guest on the occasion, a statement issued here by directorate of public relations of Pakistan Navy said.
Efficiency Competition Parade is conducted annually by Coastal Command of Pakistan Navy to mark the achievements of its operational year wherein efficiency shields are awarded to the selected units based on their achievements throughout the year.
Addressing the officers and CPOs and sailors, the chief guest highlighted that Coastal Command of Pakistan Navy had been entrusted with the onerous task of safeguarding the coastal are as from Sir Creek to Jiwani, under the challenging internal and external security situation.
He said Pakistan Navy’s Coastal…

Publication: China Brief Volume: 18 Issue: 1By: Sudha RamachandranJanuary 12, 2018 06:15 PM Age: 7 hours￼Serious differences have come to the fore between China and Pakistan over the $60-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). At a Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting at Islamabad in November 2017, China announced its decision to suspend funding for at least three road projects in Pakistan, pending the release of “new guidelines” (Dawn, December 5, 2017). Only a few days earlier, Pakistan rejected Chinese funding for the $14-billion Diamer-Bhasha dam project and withdrew its request for inclusion of this project in CPEC. Pakistan objected to Chinese conditions, which included Chinese ownership of the project, operation and maintenance costs and securitization of the project by pledging another operational dam. According to Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority Chairman Muzammil Hussain, these requiremen…

January 13, 2018￼Islamabad - A parliamentary committee was informed on Friday that so far no land has been acquired for the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.“There is no land on the ground for the western route of the CPEC and we are being told that work on the route is in full progress,” said chairman SenateStanding Committee on Communications, Senator Muhammad Daud Khan Achakzai. “You (government) are misguiding the committee about the western route and telling us lies,” Achakzai said while chairing a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Communications. The meeting was attended by Senator Sajjad Hussain Turi, Mir Muhammad Yousaf Badini, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Agha Shahzaib Khan Durrani, Minister of State for Communications Abdul Hakeem and officials of the ministry.The committee was briefed regarding the follow-up and implementation status …

Forecast UpdateIn Stratfor's 2018 Annual Forecast, we wrote that although the United States and Pakistan would take actions intended to needle the other, the two countries would grudgingly maintain their defense cooperation. That analysis has held true, as Pakistan and the United States continue to negotiate over the details of their cooperation and attempt to pursue their conflicting interests in Afghanistan. See 2018 Annual ForecastUnderneath the din of sharpening words between the United States and Pakistan, a quiet dialogue endures. Despite their harsh rhetoric, both countries are seeking to balance cooperation with coercion as they advance their respective strategies in Afghanistan. Recently, Pakistani Minister of Maritime Affairs Hasil Bizenjo revealed that Islamabad has been in discussion with NATO officials hoping to use the country's southwestern po…

January 12, 2018ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of China to Pakistan Yao Jing has stressed upon the local business community to take activeparticipation in CPEC projects as it offered them great potential to maximize business prospects from this historic mega development project.He was talking to a delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, led by its president Sheikh Amir Waheed, which called on him in his office.Yao Jing said that Pakistani private sector should gear up for joint ventures and investment in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) being established in Pakistan under CPEC project as SEZs would offer them good scope for JVs and partnerships with Chinese counterparts. He said China has achieved fast economic development and Pakistan should take benefit from Chinese experience for accelerating its economic growth by developing close cooperation with China.He said the trade bal…

ANI | Updated: Jan 12, 2018 20:01ISTQuetta [Pakistan], Jan 12 (ANI): A Baloch sister has appealed the human rights organisations and media to help her raise voice for her brother's safe release, who was abducted by the Pakistani security forces on December 15, 2017.Mahrang Baloch, daughter of late Ghaffar Lagov Baloch, held a press conference at Quetta Press Club on Thursday about her brother Nasir Ahmad Baloch's abduction at the hand of Pakistani security forces.She said her 20-year-old brother Nasir Ahmad son of Abdul Ghaffar [Langove Baloch] is a student of FSc in Government Science College, Quetta and the Pakistani security forces arrested him in her presence 'before her eyes'. 'The forces severely tortured him before taking him away.'"We thought he will be released after interrogation or at least will be presented to a court of law if he h…

M.B. KalhoroUpdated January 12, 2018LARKANA: An active faction of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Baloch Republican Army (BRA) have joined hands to disturb peace in Balochistan and Sindh, according to Larkana DIG Abdullah Shaikh, who told reporters here on Thursday that security had been beefed up in both provinces in the wake of the intelligence reports.Giving details of the reports, the DIG said that TTP’s Sajna group had undertaken to provide suicide bombers to the BRA. The Taliban group has lately been operating from Afghanistan and its involvement in terrorist activities in Chaman (Balochistan) was being closely monitored.The DIG said that the BRA had now offered the Sajna group to act as facilitator in such activities by identifying targets in Sindh and Balochistan. Balochistan is already in the grip of terrorism as a series of bomb and gun attacks had taken place over the past few weeks.DIG Shaikh, accompanying Larkana SSP Tanveer Tunio…

By EMANUELESCIMIAJANUARY 12, 2018 3:49 PM (UTC+8)351On Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron of France wrapped up a three-day state visit to China aimed at improving ties between Europe and the Asian giant, with no apparent breakthrough.The French leader tried to put himself forward as the standard-bearer of the “great rejuvenation of Sino-European cooperation” – paraphrasing one of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s maxims, his dream for “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” But he likely failed in his bid.The dailyReportMust-reads from across Asia - directly to your inboxDespite all the diplomatic trimmings and a rather flattering approach, Macron actually offered his Chinese counterpart little prospect for progress in relations. His finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, reaffirmed during the trip that Paris would scrutinize Chinese investments in an attempt to protect France’s high-tech sector. More imp…

By Salman SiddiquiPublished: January 12, 2018Cyan said the new Islamabad airport and PIA’s plan to increase market share will complement each other as Pakistan reaps the benefits. PHOTO: FILEKARACHI: Amid demand emanating from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is set to start direct flights from Islamabad to Gwadar as the national carrier looks to gain air traffic and reduce its losses.The cash-strapped national carrier faces more than Rs319.1 billion in accumulated losses by the end of March 2017, but is now looking to remove loss-making routes from its agenda, while adding new and profitable destinations to its schedule.CPEC’s Long-term Plan matches seven pillars of Vision 2025: Iqbal“We would connect Islamabad and Gwadar by the end of this year (December 2018),” PIA Chief Executive Officer Musharraf Rasool Cyan told The Express Tribune in a recent int…

.....By a well known Balich activist , extracted from SMThe break of the militants with the political forces came with the uncalled for killing of Maula Bakhsh Bashti. I first saw him in 1979 fixing the drinks of guerrilla leader Sher Mohammed Marri aka General Sheroff at Frontier Hotel. Of course he became a critic of militancy in late 2000s but did that mean he deserved death? When his cousin Mohammed Husain told the law-enforcement who killed Dashti and he was himself killed. A third cousin who is American and works for the Homeland Security was a great supporter of the freedom movement but got disheartened by these actions. Then the killer was killed by the BLF many years later not because he had killed the Dashti cousins but because he was trying to set up his own organization. Here is the list of Baloch locals target killed by BLF & BRA on frivolous charges
1-عبدوست تمپ
2-اکرم کورجو میرعیسئ
3-وقار نظر آباد
4-دوست محمد نظر آباد
5-علی احمد نظر آباد
6-صدام نظر آباڈ
7-ہاشم …

Balochistan National Congress strongly condemns the killing of Mohammad Baksh Jagoo.January 11, 2018Washington DC- Mohammad Bakhsh aka Juagoo, the Tiger of Mekran, is no more. He was killed by BRA terrorists the other day in Mekran, Balochistan. Balochistan National Congress (BNC) strongly condemn the killing of Jagoo Baloch by BRA and BLF Terrorists. If they think by acting as the Judge, Jury and Executioner, they can kill the political opponents and innocent Baloch citizens who don't agree with their militancy and terrorism and they can liberate Balochistan, they are seriously mistaken, extremely wrong and misguided and are living in fools paradise. Jagoo was a great son of soil. He lost his entire family fighting the Punjabi occupying forces in Mekran. It is shame that BRA and BLF trying to justify their terrorism by throwing dirt on Jagoo’s dead body in the name of liberation movement. This shows how ugly and disgusting one can be. All the allegations labeled against him by BR…